The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24

| IenS. Ills InOIUtT survives, lives WIFI MIN,
and, although an invalid the greater part of
her life has attained the great age of ninety
| two years. 80 Rev. H. Cummings, who
| has been suffering from nervous prostration,
was able to occupy his pulpit again last
| Sunday. The two preceding Sundays re-
| ligious services were conducted by laymen.
| - Hon. William II. Sanborn and wife
| of Greenfield, Mass, and John H. Moore
and wife of Pawtucket, II. l., are summer
| ing with u.s. Each of these men retains the
old homestead in Straiford. 80 Bishop
| Lodge of Good Templars, which suspended
its meetings during the heated term, re-
organized last Tuesday evening and elected
| officers for the current term. AS this lodge
affords the only social and literary enter
| tainments we have, we hope it has obtained
new lease of life and will greatly prosper
West Topsham.
AS Hugh Adams of West Newbury was
returning to his home from Barre last week
| Wednesday, and when within about one mile
| of West TopSham village, his horse became
| frightened at some bushes that had recently
| been cut and gave a sudden start, breaking
| one tug, which let the horse forward enough
to drop the thlls. The horse then ran,
drawing the covered buggy by the hold
| backs some forty or fifty rods when the
thills struck the ground, turning the car
riage over endwise and throwing the old
| gentleman out, The horse then became de-
tached from the buggy and came on to West
| Topsham village, where it was stopped.
| Charles Smith and DIR. III. l.. Watson, having
a team already hitched up, went immedi-
ately back and found Mr.. Adams lying in
| the road They got him on to a spring
board and brought him Immediately to DIR.
| .. l.. Watson's, where his wounds were
dressed and every attention given him to
! make him as comfortable as possible. Dr.
| II. l.. Watson gave him constant attention
! through the night. Thursday morning he
| told DIR. Watson he was feeling quite com
| Portable, and spoke of going home, but the
| doctor told him he was not able to go that
! day, as it was raining hard. He told the
doctor to telephone his friends at West
| Newbury that he was comfortable. He
complained Wednesday night that it hurt
him to breathe badly, but on Thursday
morning said it did not distress him so
| much. About two o'clock p NJ the doctor
noticed that his breathing was bad and that
he did not arouse easily, but he raised him
self up in bed and drank cup of coffee.
About four o'clock p. NJ his breathing be-
came worse, and he could not be aroused.
| At five o'clock p. NJ. he ceased to breathe.
| He was, without doubt, internally injured.
| Still there We're no marks upon his body or
! head, except a confusion upon his nose.
His hands were considerably injured and
the nail on one finger had to be removed.
| He had worked for j. b. Darling for seven
years in his store. He was a foreigner
leaving wife and one child, he said, in the
old country.
Tunbridge.
THE White River Good Templars' Union
meets at the North village Friday. The
public are invited to attend the afternoon
and evening meetings. - A. l.. Dodge
of Somervile, Mass, has given the Meth.
odist society fine silver communion serv.
ice. - III. II. Hayward and wife spent
part of last week in West Fairlee and Post
Mills. - All the town is to be at Provi
dence Island next Friday. - Jesse
Flanders, who is one of the Oldest men in
town, has been very i'll for some days, but
rowen is being cut. - Mrs. Emily Jones
who has been visiting her father, Daniel
Noyes, has returned to Pleasantvile, Pa
- III. NJ. McCracken, DID, vice-chan
cellor of the University of New York, Will
his wife and daughter, has been visiting his
father-in-law, Rev. L. S. Hubbard, the pas
week. - n. G. Underwood goes to Sa
lem n. H., where he has bought small
farm, this week. He will first attend the
reunion at Weirs, n II. - w. n. bud
ley and wife of Berlin are visiting here
- John Folsom has returned to Fed
rick of Chelsea preached to the Congre
gationalists last Sunday. - The reunion
at Chester to-day and the one at West Ran
dolph next Wednesday will be attended b,
many of the eX-soldiers. - Norman
Cushman and wife of Haverhill, Mass, arr
at his fathers. - Frank Perley of At
lantc City, n. j., and Mr.. and Mr. j. c
Sawyer of Philadelphia are staying a
John Ballou's - John Diamond VIII,
has been living with his son Henry, die,
at Mankato, Kansas, August 10Th, aget
seventy-eight years.
Washington.
Mrs A. NJ. MILES, Mrs. j. w White an,
, Miss Carrie Smith of Burlington are visit
! ing friends in town. - Mrs. John Ed
tl.,1
are at d.. NJ. Flint's. - Alden Calef an,
! family of Boston are at q. o. Calefs. -
: Martha Calef left for Goddard Seminar
Monday, where she will teach painting an,
will take charge of Miss Thompson's classe
. until she returns from Europe. - Irene
( Edith aud Frank Caef of Providence, II.
. who have been spending the summer il
1 town, will return home this week. -
. Florence Henry and Bell Thurber are visit
3 ing at Cornth.
, Williamstown.
THERE is to be town-meeting here o
Monday afternoon of next week, the Dot
+ instant to see if the town will extend tn
time for bonding in aid of the railroad fror
Barre to this place 1t is said that eX-GoN
9 ernor Smith will guarantee the completio
of the road June |, 1883, at the latest, il tn
town will accede to his wish. There is
$ prospect of very lively meeting. 80
A ii may encourage any young person wlthou
y means who is longing and striving for
o collegiate education it will pay to repea
. here what former townsman has just toll
$ us of one of his acquaintance. Years az
. this acquaintance was clerk, and ha
+ risen to the head of department in a stor
' now perhaps one of the wealthiest and mos
O famous in this country. He desired and IT
d solved, in spite of the remonstrances
n friends, to obtain collegiate education
q Leaving his western home, he chose one {
s the leading New England academies /
: which to tit for college. What little mean
il he had disappeared after a few months, an
!, he betook himself to work-amopg otht
u kinds the saving of wood-to keep along
+ the academy. Thus he went on for wv
7. years or more in this academy and entere
It "A college in Massachusetts to make his ow
V way there. Our friend, in relating the az
/ count of him, said he was the finest eXamp
l. of persistence he had ever known. I'll
=. man is now clergyman in one of the lea'
l. ing cities of the land and making specialt
IT of work among the needy class, who's
: wants his own experiences in the past ma
II possibly the better enable him to understan
n Does ever one hear such man asking
d despair or disgust whether life is wort
D. living? -= Some forty of the friends
re- Mr. and Mrs. Jason johnson came togeth
at their home on Wednesday last to Gel
brate the twentieth anniversary of the
marriage. There were gifts of han
n ing lamp, castor, lemonade-set, etc, testif
q. ing of good will, that gave much pleasu
n to the recipients, as doubtless also TO Il
rs givers. - Rev, Harvey Webster, wi
at and daughter, now of Waterbury Cente
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